Ilhan Omar was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for antisemitic comments.
From The Jerusalem Post. On Thursday, the US House of Representatives voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote was approved along party lines, 218-211.
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The decision came after Republican Congressman Max Miller – one of two Jewish members of the GOP in Congress – submitted a resolution to remove Omar over her past comments against Israel as well as the use of antisemitic tropes. …
It was a decision that was long overdue. Omar has repeatedly shown over the last few years that nothing is beneath her in her attempts to vilify the Jewish people and the State of Israel.
In 2019, she suggested that Israel’s allies in the US were motivated by money that they receive from AIPAC rather than principle, tweeting: “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” a reference to $100 bills.
A short time later, the Minnesota congresswoman accused Jews of having dual loyalty in the United States. “I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”
She added, “I want to ask, ‘Why is it OK for me to talk about the influence of the (National Rifle Association), or fossil fuel industries or Big Pharma, and not talk about a powerful lobbying group that is influencing policy?’”
And last summer, she compared Israel to the Taliban. “We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity,” Omar wrote in a tweet. “We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the US, Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban.” …
The message that Congress sent this week by ousting Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee sends an important message that this type of rhetoric will not be tolerated and that there is a price to pay for antisemitism. …
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(Excerpt from The Jerusalem Post. Photo Credit: Getty Images)